ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC LOCALIZATION OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES IN OSTEOCLASTS
ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC LOCALIZATION OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES IN OSTEOCLASTS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01890996
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
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SCHOFIELD, BH
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作者:
DOTY, SB;SCHOFIELD, BH
Acid glycerophosphatase activity (pH optimum, 5.0) has been found within osteoclasts by numerous workers but relatively few studies have been concerned with the neutral hydrolytic enzymes that have pH optima around 7.2. Evidence is presented in this paper to show that neutral enzyme activity can be demonstrated withp-nitrophenyl phosphate, ATP andp-chloranilidophosphonate as substrates. Activity against β-glycerophosphate, inorganic trimetaphosphate orp-nitrocatachol sulphate as substrates was found to be limited to an acid pH range.Electron microscopic evidence indicated that many of the hydrolytic enzymes were present within single membrane-bound bodies, vacuoles, Golgi elements, and the agranular endoplasmic reticulum of the osteoclast. This reticulum was dilated to form large lysosomes. Such activity was distingly different from the function of the Golgi membrane in its formation of primary lysosomes.The relationships between lysosomes, cytoplasmic vacuoles, and extracellular release of enzyme through the specialized ‘ruffled’ border are shown and discussed.